Pirates de Bogota blows a 30 point lead that almost cost them the game

Stalin Ortiz

At the start of Round 4 of the LPB Semi-finals Piratas de Bogota took advantage of being home and applied pressure on defense giving them great results at the end of the first quarter, score was 38-8. Second quarter Coach Jose Tapias kept his star players in and refuse to sit them out trying to add more points to the scoreboard but that did not turn out so well. Fatigue kicked in on the home team and they slowly started to lose momentum, this gave Fastbreak the opportunity to tighten up their defense and start making shots. Piratas went 7 deep this game, keeping three of their most valuable players in throughout the whole game, causing them to blow a 30 point lead. Crockrell who's a key player for Fastbreak did not play. Veteran National player Stalin Ortiz (190-G-81, college: Valpo) step up this game bringing the energy they needed after being down 30 points. Coach Abimael Palacios gave his National players the green light to contribute making this a close game which came down to the wire, with 5 min remaining fastbreak trailed by 1 but wasn't able to complete this tremendous comeback.
Piratas never led up and continue to control the game, Yohanner Sifontes (192-G-95) had an spectacular game finishing up with 27 points 6 rebounds and 4 assists they pulled away a never looked back final score 89-77.
Piratas lost the chance to send fastbreak back home with a message but wasn't able to deliver. Lets see if there star players can Recover Quickly

Game 5 November 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the Coliseum of the Buenaventura Center winner moves on to the finals.

Leaders

Piratas

Yohanner Sifontes 27 pts 6reb 4 ast, E.gimemz 21pts 6 reb 2 ast, A. Penaz 16pt s 7 reb 6 ast, R. Gomez 12pts 13 reb 1 ast

Fastbreak

Stalin Ortiz 22 pts 3 reb 3 ast, T. Cobos 21 pt 13 reb 1 ast, D. Ramis 14pts 3 reb 2 ast. O Cabrera 9 pts 5 reb 2 ast

Tags : STALIN ORTIZ, FAST BREAK BOGOTA, COLOMBIAN BASKETBALL